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From: "Petter Fryklund" <qsbpefr@esavionics.se>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada
Subject: Re: generic package with configuration paramenter
Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2001 10:47:09 +0100
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Why not try:

generic
    type T_ITEM is private;
    Mode_Fifi : Boolean;
package LIST is
   .......
end LIST

then you wont need to declare type Mode_T at all :-)